1205 wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2019 4:31 pm

McCleaner wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2019 3:40 pm

1205 wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2019 3:32 pm

McCleaner wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2019 2:12 pm

1205 wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2019 1:04 pm
The PDC age restriction is 16, which makes sense for an organization run for darts professionals. They have chaperone rules for under 18s.

BDO normal adult age is 18, which makes sense for something that at an amateur level has pubs at its heart.

Troll comment about the BDO aside, I agree with this.

All darts is pub darts.

I wasn't trolling. BDO rules reflect the history of darts and the fact that it covers the amateur game.

PDC treats darts as a job, so the minimum age is the age at which people in the UK can leave full-time education.

Not the issue. The issue was saying the BDO is pub darts.

No. I said that the BDO includes the amateur game, of which pub darts is the core.

If the legal drinking age were 17, I'd expect the BDO rules to have said 17.

The BDO really needs to change its rules to allow the better players under 18 to compete in major tournament qualifiers. They could define a standard that needs to be met, whether by ranking or reaching later stages of tournaments of a particular category.

oche balboa wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2019 5:06 pm Borespark again bans a pro-bdo account..... shameful and Ginge Pm'ed him 15 times to force him to do it

phil davies wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2019 5:46 pm

oche balboa wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2019 7:02 am

devosteve wrote: ↑Mon May 13, 2019 10:50 pm For some reason it doesn't sit right with me re kids qualifying for lakeside (boys or girls)..

good publicity or short term novelty publicity?

3 or 4 kids qualifying in a couple of years,: would that look good for the bdo? I don't think so.

The hype from bdo quarters speaks of desperation to me.

It would be a great thing to see players of all ages at Lakeside. We could have Leighton Bennett at 14 & Martin Adams at 63

Correct though Bennett would be 15 by the time Lakeside took place.

oche balboa wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2019 5:06 pm Borespark again bans a pro-bdo account..... shameful and Ginge Pm'ed him 15 times to force him to do it

BlueSpark wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2019 1:10 pm

Moongoose McQueeen wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2019 1:09 pm Another great weekend.

You should come along next year.

Would have been there, family before darts at the moment.
Will I be seeing you Friday old friend?

ILAD wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2019 5:07 pm

oche balboa wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2019 5:06 pm Borespark again bans a pro-bdo account..... shameful and Ginge Pm'ed him 15 times to force him to do it

16 actually

Moongoose McQueeen wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2019 6:49 pm

BlueSpark wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2019 1:10 pm

Moongoose McQueeen wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2019 1:09 pm Another great weekend.

You should come along next year.

Would have been there, family before darts at the moment.
Will I be seeing you Friday old friend?

Understandable. I'll be there mate.

nikkiboy wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2019 10:01 pmLightweight

Ginge wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2019 6:35 am Oche taking the penalty shoot-out loss well then.

devosteve wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2019 10:14 am The pdc are streets ahead of the bdo in most areas.

Why have they got age restrictions if the idea to lift them is so good?

Just a thought: maybe the sponsors (betting firms) wouldn't want 'their' champ bring a 14yr old kid?

Paddy McGinty wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2019 9:09 am

devosteve wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2019 10:14 am The pdc are streets ahead of the bdo in most areas.

Why have they got age restrictions if the idea to lift them is so good?

Just a thought: maybe the sponsors (betting firms) wouldn't want 'their' champ bring a 14yr old kid?

Stevo, Darts is one dartboard, two people and two sets of darts. The PDC have just made it into something it never was.